28 archives found for "Lighting"

LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) have been around for quite long in history of consumer electronics. Since the year 1962, when Nick Holonyak developed the first usable visible spectrum LED while working for General Electric , LEDs evolved dramatically and it’s hard to imagine a world without [...]

There’s a lot of aquarium rules flying around the hobby with little or no fact behind them, and I think it’s time we break from them. some are from the beginning of aquariums and were simply meant as a benchmark. Some are simply correlations that were seen as cause and effect [...]

Brightness is something I hear hobbyists talk about way to frequently when it comes to reef lighting, but there’s much more important things that cannot be measured by the human eye that should be considered when looking at reef lighting. Our eyes work much like a camera, which judges [...]

As promised in my article on Sunshine System’s new line, it’s time for some hands on testing with the AquaUFO. Before I get started, I must admit that these tests are not based on scientific readings, so please take them as purely comparative tests. I received my black linkable [...]